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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takeo Akatsuka, Hyogo, JP;
Hironobu Ono, Hyogo, JP;
Shinya Maenosono, Ishikawa, JP;
Mikio Koyano, Ishikawa, JP;
Assignee:
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/04 (2023.01); C22C 9/02 (2006.01); B22F 9/24 (2006.01); H01L 35/16 (2006.01); C01G 19/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); C04B 35/547 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01); B22F 9/30 (2006.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2013.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 9/24 (2013.01); B22F 9/30 (2013.01); C01G 19/006 (2013.01); C04B 35/547 (2013.01); C22C 1/0425 (2013.01); C22C 1/0483 (2013.01); C22C 9/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01); B22F 2201/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/30 (2013.01); B22F 2302/45 (2013.01); B22F 2304/054 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2004/51 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric material of the present invention includes copper, tin, and sulfur, wherein a ratio A/B of the number A of copper atoms to the number B of tin atoms is 0.5 to 2.5 and a content of a metal element other than copper and tin is 5 mol % or less with respect to total metal elements. Additionally, the thermoelectric material of the present invention has a thermal conductivity less than 1.0 W/(m·K) at 200 to 400° C.